Renee Zellwegger was back on the Mail front page this morning with the heading "Another new look for fresh-faced Renee". Good to know that the sarcasm machine is still well-oiled.Obediently following the instruction to "See page 7", we found three more pictures of the actress and a story from the "Mail Foreign Service". Good to know that it wasn't too busy with ebola or Isis.

Hair swept up in a messy bun, Renee Zellweger’s fresh-faced appearance dispels any notion that her recent change of look was merely the result of make-up.Spotted for the first time since her headline-grabbing transformation, the actress appeared somewhat tired and anxious as she ran errands over the weekend in Mississippi.

What is that first paragraph trying to say? Well, we're supposed to infer that she must have had surgery. But if Ms Z were to protest, the paper could argue that it was simply saying that last week's chiselled look was more than foundation, powder and blusher deep.Headline-grabbing transformation? Ouch. Transformation, that is, from the "puffy rounded cheeks and pout" for which she was previously known. Double ouch.The Express also ran into the actress out and about during breaks in filming a new movie, which both papers dutifully name. But Laura Holland saw her through differently tinted spectacles:

Bridget Jones actress Renee Zellwegger is looking more like her normal self after rumours she had cosmetic surgery...The 45-year-old was much more recognisable...wearing casual clothes and her blonde hair stylishly scraped into a bun...

So far so good...suggestions of surgery were silly, says Zellwegger. "Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't when they get older. I'm happy."Is Holland convinced?

Yet the Jerry Maguire actress was almost unrecognisable - with her super line-free forehead, altered brow and puffy face.

Ouch, ouch, ouch! So when the Express says she looks more like her normal self, it didn't mean that she looked like her normal self, just less unlike her normal self than last week? And while she was much more recognisable, she was still almost unrecognisable - so was she completely unrecognisable last week? Confused? You bet. So were the subs. The contradictory headlines play nicely against each other - but not with the copy underneath. And that's the general idea.

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Liz Gerard

New year, new face: it's time to come out from behind that Beryl Cook mask. I'm Liz Gerard, and after four decades dedicated to hard news, I now live by the motto "Those who can do, those who can't write blogs". These are my musings on our national newspapers. Some of them may have value.